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Lincoln Chafee: “I have seen those jams down there. I have seen them in California by Tijuana. The trucks were all lined up. It is…”

On the recordMarch 2, 1998
I have seen those jams down there. I have seen them in California by Tijuana. The trucks were all lined up. It is incredible. I saw a little bit of it in Texas, but that was just a sampling of what later has occurred as the NAFTA agreement has come into full flower with the jam-ups on both sides of the border, trucks trying to come across, customs inspectors trying to do their job. It truly is tremendously congested. Both Senators from Texas are absolutely right in addressing this problem.
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Lincoln Chafee
Rhode Island
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing traffic congestion at the U.S.-Mexico border due to the NAFTA agreement.

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